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After 17 albums as John Wesley Harding and a more recent spurt under his given name, Wesley Stace has earned

Funny how, after more than 30 years, the Van Pelt is influential enough to be a reference point for generations

When Cabaret Voltaire released Code in 1987, the industrial-music pioneers found themselves in a unique position. After years spent helping

John Vanderslice is done being John Vanderslice—or at least the version people thought they knew. After decades as a meticulous

For Mia Doi Todd, leaving Los Angeles for Maui provided the sort of immersive calm that eluded her in the

Mitch Myers, MAGNET’s own Hebrew school dropout (blame the Monkees), finally gives his Torah speech—with accompaniment from guitarist Gary Lucas

The Human Hearts’ latest video sure put frontman Franklin Bruno on the spot. He finally had to learn how to

“‘Battleground’ is about how we as a society let people and companies with lots of money, power and influence get

There’s a scene at the end of Spike Jonze’s 2020 documentary Beastie Boys Story where Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz revisits the group’s final

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Years before bedroom recording became a feasible way to make an album, Matt Devine was trying to wring the most

There’s a certain clarity that comes at the start of anything—before experience has a chance to sully the experience. “Us

There’s a certain sweet irony to Eli Paperboy Reed writing a song that sounds like something he might’ve written for

Dida Pelled has made an ongoing practice of ignoring the familiar. Through her Lost Women Of Song project, the Brooklyn-based

Listening to Velocity Girl’s earliest recordings is like witnessing a band sort itself out on the fly. Though it would

In medieval times, mapmakers had to deal with the unknown. The phrase “Hic sunt leones” (“Here be lions”), often accompanied

When Pieta Brown invited Amos Lee to join her on “Drinkin’ Side,” loneliness became a shared experience. “Amos and I

Solitude is a central character in the story of Max Subar’s solo debut. With winter in full-on deep freeze mode

Nashville self-proclaimed power duo (wish I’d thought of that first) the Minor Toughs—Ryan Ervin (vocals, guitars, etc.) and Andy Snyder

Fruition’s Something More (Bloodshot) is the sound of a veteran band loosening its collective grip on some old habits. The

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Though Sondre Lerche has spent much of his 25-year career writing about romance, the love songs on Acrobats (PLZ/Virgin) arrive